Author: Amy SBG
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It’s Hot! Save your Lettuces.
🌞Temperatures are soaring on this first day of June, in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. 🌞 Save your greens by cutting them back. (And eating them–of course!)On very hot days like this, your lettuces transpire more moisture through their leaves than their roots systems can draw up from the soil. The sun triggers their stomata…
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May Calendar Online
A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. (From the movies.) I, however, am not a wizard. I’m am late. I have a good reason though. With all this sun and growth happening, there was no way I could plant myself in a chair and get some…
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Tip of the Week: Cut and Come Again
Many leafy greens and a few others can be trimmed over and over again extending the harvest much longer than simply cutting at maturity. (And much easier than succession planting.) For spinach and many loose leaf greens (spinach, arugula, lettuces) trim the larger outer leaves. They grow up from the center and will put out new…
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Comfrey
Comfrey is the superstar plant of a permaculture garden. Read more on how to leverage it for your garden.
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Three Tips for you this Week!
Finally some rain! Sweet relief for our gardens and landscapes. 1. The rain means that the slugs are going to be out cruising, looking for tasty garden vegetables. Other than watering in the morning, I generally don’t bother with slug control in the summer because the plants are big and vigorous. However, right now all…
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April Calendar
It’s April, and that means that it’s time for all things. Our April calendar will guide you so you don’t miss any of them. Grab your gloves and let’s go!
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Seed Starting Guide
Want to know two different methods for starting seeds indoors? Ask two different gardeners. And they will both be right.
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2021 Seed Starting Plan
Good Morning! This plan is customized for Second Breakfast Gardens detailing my hopes for this year. Please use a model for creating your own plan or in any way that is helpful to you. (A .pdf of this post for printing.) USDA Hardiness Zone: 8b Garden Jargon Glossary Annuals: Plants that complete their life cycle…
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2021 Goals for SBG
My usual planning method is to begin the year with some hazy ideas about what I’d like to have in the garden. Then, I either forget altogether or one day wake up realizing I’m about to miss an important seasonal window and rush through a project. Taking on our children’s school garden forced me to…
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Super Simple Soil Testing Guide
A beautiful flower peeping from green leaves. A sweet carrot. A fragrant clove of garlic. This is where gardening begins for most of us. In learning about the plants we cultivate, we inevitably end up getting the real dirt. Then as our understanding grows, dirt becomes soil. Soil becomes sand, silt, and clay. Sand, silt,…
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Hummingbird Care Guide
These magical little sprites bring a touch of wonder where ever they go. Since converting my yard to a permaculture oasis we have noticed that we now have several in our yard all year round. Winter can be tough on our little friends and putting out a nectar feeder can help them survive—if we don’t…
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January
Welcome 2021! Wondering what to do on these cold tea-sipping days? Here is a complete guide of what can be done this month to in preparation for a fruitful growing season. January Calendar
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Good Morning!
A fine morning it is. Thank you for stopping in. Care for some coffee, tea? Perhaps a delectable little cake? For many years our two small garden beds gave my daughters and I a place to explore, bond, and deepen our understanding of our relationship to food while providing some fresh vegetables for our table.…
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